endless

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Etymology

From Middle English endeles, from Old English endelēas (“endless”), from Proto-Germanic *andijalausaz (“endless”), equivalent to end +‎ -less.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛn(d)ləs/, /ˈɛn(d)lɪs/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: end‧less

Adjective

endless (not comparable)

1. Having no end.

   endless time; endless praise

   • 1942 May-June, “Cable Operation at Liverpool and London”, in Railway Magazine, page 174:

     Trains from Lime Street to Edge Hill were hauled by an endless hempen rope worked by a stationary engine on the platform at the latter station.

2. Extending indefinitely.

   an endless line

3. Too much or many to be exhausted; an extremely high number or amount of; immeasurable, innumerable.
   • 1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 64:

     In 1903, [Albert Shhoenhut] announced his Humpty Dumpty circus, with over 20 figures and animals, each with six joints enabling them to be put into endless positions.

4. (obsolete) Without profitable end; fruitless; unsatisfying.
   • c. 1615–1616, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “Loves Pilgramage, a Comedy”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act II, scene iii:

     All loves are endless.

Synonyms

• (having no end): unending; see also Thesaurus:endless
• (extending indefinitely): eternal, infinite, unlimited; see also Thesaurus:infinite or Thesaurus:eternal

Antonyms

• finite
• limited

Derived terms

• endless belt
• endless chain
• endless galaxy
• endless loop
• endlessly
• endlessness
• endless runner
• endless saw
• endless screw
• endless September

Translations

having no end

Armenian: անվերջ (hy) (anverǰ) Bulgarian: безкраен (bg) (bezkraen) Catalan: interminable (ca) Chinese: Cantonese: 不盡 / 不尽 (bat1 zeon6) Hokkien: 不盡 / 不尽 (zh-min-nan) (put-chīn) Mandarin: 無窮 / 无穷 (zh) (wúqióng) Mandarin: 不盡 / 不尽 (zh) (bùjìn) Czech: nekonečný (cs) Danish: endeløs (da) Dutch: eindeloos (nl) Esperanto: senfina (eo) Finnish: loputon (fi), loppumaton (fi), päättymätön (fi) French: infini (fr), interminable (fr), perpétuel (fr) Galician: infindo (gl), infinito (gl), sen termo, sen fin Georgian: უსასრულო (usasrulo), დაუსრულებელი (dausrulebeli), გაუთავებელი (gautavebeli), უთავბოლო (utavbolo), უსაზღვრო (usazɣvro) German: endlos (de), unbegrenzt (de) Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃 (andilaus) Greek: ατελείωτος (el) (ateleíotos), ατέλειωτος (el) (atéleiotos) Ancient Greek: ᾰ̓́πειρος (ắpeiros), ἀνήνυτος (anḗnutos), ἀανής (aanḗs) Hindi: अनन्त (hi) (anant), अंतहीन (anthīn) Ingrian: otsatoin Italian: interminabile (it), senza fine, infinito (it) Japanese: 無限の (ja) (mugen no), 果てしない (ja) (hateshinai), 切りが無い (ja) (kiri ga nai) (idiom) Khmer: អនន្ត (km) (ʼaʼnɑn) Latin: īnfīnītus, aeternus (la) Latvian: nebeidzams Lithuanian: begalinis Norwegian: Bokmål: endeløs Persian: بی‌پایان (bê-pâyân) Portuguese: infinito (pt), infindável (pt), incessante (pt), infindo (pt) Romanian: fără sfârșit, nesfârșit (ro), interminabil (ro) Russian: бесконе́чный (ru) (beskonéčnyj) Sanskrit: अनन्त (sa) (ananta) Scottish Gaelic: sìorraidh Serbo-Croatian: bezgraničan (sh) Spanish: interminable, sinfín (es), infinito (es) Swedish: ändlös (sv) Telugu: అంతములేని (antamulēni), అనంతము (te) (anantamu) Thai: อนันต์ (th) (à-nan) Turkish: sonsuz (tr), bitmeyen Urdu: لامتناہی (lāmutanāhī) Welsh: annherfynol (cy), bythol, diddiwedd, diderfyn (cy), didranc

indefinite

Catalan: inacabable Danish: uendelig (da) Dutch: oneindig (nl), grenzeloos (nl) Finnish: loputon (fi), loppumaton (fi), päättymätön (fi) Georgian: განუსაზღვრელი (ganusazɣvreli), უსაზღვრო (usazɣvro) German: unbegrenzt (de), unbeschränkt (de), unendlich (de) Greek: ατελείωτος (el) (ateleíotos), ατέλειωτος (el) (atéleiotos) Latvian: bezgalīgs Polish: bezkresny (pl) Romanian: nesfârșit (ro)

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French: (please verify) infini (fr) Serbo-Croatian: (please verify) bezkrajno, (please verify) bezkrajna, (please verify) bezkrajni Turkish: (please verify) sonsuz (tr), (please verify) ölümsüz (tr), (please verify) ebedi (tr)

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